The street is def interesting. It was once a major artery for all the working Dad's who travelled from their working class east mountain homes, down the highway access road known as the Kenilworth Access. The Access is now very dangerous, cars travel at high speeds, higher than it was built for, but now that it doesn't carry all the thousands of workers that is once did, it is open road and prone to bad accidents.
The strip was also home to the highest concentration of bars in the city. Afterall, steelworkers needed a drink after work. And believe me those bars were Union only. Like the beginning of the movie 'The Deer Hunter'. The shops were also there for the Dad's to pick up a few things afterwork as well. Afterall, in the 60s and 70s most families had one car and the Mom was home with the children. I was one of those children.
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Height restrictions and Set-backs are for Nimbys and the suburbs.
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